Muscular system
Ulnar head of flexor carpi ulnaris
Caput ulnare flexoris ulnaris carpi
- System
- Muscular system
- Regions
- Upper limb
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Superficial part of anterior compartment of forearm
DescriptionUnreviewed
Origin: medial margin of the olecranon and upper two-thirds of the dorsal border of the ulna by an aponeurosis.
Insertion: pisiform bone, hamatum bone, pisihamate ligament, pisometacarpal ligament, pisometacarpal ligament.
Between the two heads passes the ulnar nerve and ulnar artery.
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Muscle attachments
Origin
Names
- Latin
- Caput ulnare flexoris ulnaris carpi
- English
- Ulnar head of flexor carpi ulnaris
- French
- Chef ulnaire du fléchisseur ulnaire du carpe
- Spanish
- Cabeza ulnar del flexor ulnar del carpo
- Portuguese
- Cabeça ulnar do flexor ulnar do carpo